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Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1897), 1909-01-21

Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1897), 1909-01-21 page 1

mt- WEATHER Partly cloudy Thursday and Friday, with possibly showers in north portion ; warmer Thursday. THE OHIO STATE JOURNAL is a profitable medium for the Columbus merchant. Get your name in the columns and keep it there . . . . np HERE IS NO BETTER,, stronger and more convincing medium for advertising than The Ohio State Journal i it NINETY-NINTH YEAR. No. 21. COLUMBUS. OHIO. THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21, 1909. PHOBIHG TO I OF Cincinnati and Hamilton C jty in for Vigorous Legislative Investigation. QUIT NEXT MARCH Assembly to Recess Tomorrow Until Feb. 15 and Adjourn '" Following Month. Cincinnati and Hamilton county af- . fairs are In for a probing that will be a probing In fact. Yesterday Senator Clevinger offered a resolution provid-lns for the appointment of commit- . tee of six, threte on the part of the senate and three from the house, to Investigate the charges of official Irregularities in . Hamilton county. -Today the Democrats will offer. resolutions, providing for two probing oommlttees, one for Cincinnati, another for Cleveland. Each will be bipartisan,' of four members each, two from the senate arid two from the house. They will urge that tbelr resolutions be given precedence over the . Clevinger resolution for the reason mat xney win come mure m auwiw with the demands of Governor Harmon. Probably the ultimate result will be that Cincinnati will be probed under the Clevinger resolution and Cleveland under the proposed Yount resolution." - The Democrats already are charging that the Clevinger resolution Is merely the preliminary step In a proposed whitewash, which charge Is scarcely supported by the probability that the Republican members from the senate will be Senators Clevinger and Tod, both so far outspoken opponents of the Cox desires. It does not seem to be determined who the Democratic member will. be. No line Is obtainable as jpt upon the probable house members, yr Republicans in Majority. , Cox sympathizers, on "the other hand, claim to see in the resolution, drawn ostensibly by Senator Mathews of Cuyahoga, the- fine Italian hand of Senator Burton, who. they assert, dei sires to put Cox out of business as a factor in state ...politics. However, ire tther- Cuyahoga - tehator win- serve on the committee. - t. Immediately the Clevinger resolution had been offered Senators Huffman and Yount, Democrats, conferred with Governor Harmon. Later it was announced that today Huffman would offer a resolution providing for a probing of Cincinnati, while Yount would offer another, providing a probe for Cleveland. Both will carry appropriations for the expenses of the work. The Clevinger resolution makes no stipulation of the political complexion' of the probing committee. But as the members are to be appointed by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house, both Republicans, and as Senator Mathews has declared that the Republican, house cleaning should be done by Republicans, It Is altogether probable that there will be two Republicans named from each body with one Democrat from each, if the resolution is 'adopted, which is vir-tMliy assured. , (LtJlie resolution recites briefly the unsatisfactory ending -of former probing committees, both of which were declared Illegal by the supreme , court, and declares ' that many Important facts tending to bear out the charges of official irregularities had been developed. - To Make' Inquiry Thorough.' . These charges, alleging a condition of corruption, abuse, mismanagement and fraud In the affairs of Hamilton county and Cincinnati, have been made persistently throughout the state, the resolution declares. If has been charged, further that 'the control of the official machinery has been turned into the hands of Certain political leaders to such an extent that franchise, contracts and other valuable privileges must be negotiated for through them rather than with the regularly and lawfully constituted officers. Therefore it Is deemed' expedient to appoint a committee of six "with full power to conduct such an investiira. : tiott of the facts relating to the mat ter herein referred to as they are per-. mitted to conduct under the constltu-' tion and laws of the state and with full power to prosecute its Inquiry in respect to all matters germane to the general subject of this investigation.'' The committee Is empowered to hold meetings anywhere' in the state, but authorized to exercise no Judicial powers except those conferred by law, and only such powers as are appropriately .jMissessed by a committee of the gen-iLfW assembly. It may engage attorneys, Btenograpners, etc., and shall report at this session of the legislature, . which means, of course,. the session of next year, this being an extraordinary session.. No appropriation is carried , by the resolution, but in the general appropriation bill provision will be muda for its expenses. To Probe Stats Departments. The expected ' Mendelson resolution, providing for a committee to Invest!-:,. gate the state departments, did not materialize. ' By agreement this investigation was handed over to the governor under the provisions of the Woods blll, Introduced in the house yesterday, carrying an appropriation of $26,000 and authorizing the governor to make whatever, .sort of- in- vestlgatlon he may choose, with the 'one stipulation that it must be public. He Is given authority to Bubpena witnesses, employ counsel, etc. - Supplementing -this, Representative Ervin also offered the bill, introduced last session at the instance of Governor. Harris, providing , for. the appointment of ft bi-partisan board of two members to make state department, Investigations, the members to draw $500 a month each..- ' . . . t. . , V', Senator Mathews, reputed author of thjBVresolutlon, said yesterday -, that e'fjO" precaution had been taken, to tAcifjr the resolution against success- ful attack In the courts. Senator Huffman, Democratic ' leader, -.- Insisted, however, that the resolution was open to the : same . attacks Its predecessors had been subjected to, and was Just as vulnerable.. i , Senator Mathews , was asked If the phrase, "with full power to conduct - such examination and Investigation of the facts relating to the matter herein referred to as they are permitted to Continued on Third Pago. RIGHT SORT LIBELLED CENT'S WORTH Alabar" Governor Gets One S .Cent Verdict. ' ! 'f uroclated Frees to State JourMl.t -UilNGHAM. Ala., Jan. 20. After -rial lasting exactly one week, the iry In. the case of Governor B. B. Comer against the Montgomery Adver tiser this afternoon awarded damages of 1 cent for the libel. The governor demanded $25,000 damages for an advertisement printed In 1904, when he was a candidate for railroad commissioner.The advertisement was an affidavit made by E. A. Dlkert. in which It was stated -that Mr. Comer had offered to pay him personally for work done at his mills by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company. Judge C. A. Senn charged the Jury for the plaintiff and told the:. that whether false"' or true, the implication of the (affidavit was libelous per se. s Two Are in List of Those Acted on Favorably by the Hero Fund Commission. Twenty-Six Medals and Consider- i - - able Cash Given for Deeds of Valor. IBy Amottiated Preas to fat Journal. PITTSBURG, Jan. 20. The Carnegie hero fund commission, ' at its annual meeting here today, awarded 26 medals, $1-4.750 In cash and pensions aggregating $565 per month for deeda of valor Investigated since the last meeting of the commission, last October. , ' Two Ohloans were among thewinners.- They were:- " . ., x John Bosko, Jr., aged 12, of Marble-head, awarded a bronze medal and $2000 for educational purposes. Bosko, on March 16, 1907, saved Michael Ri-dllla, aged 7," from being carried out into Lake Erie on a cake of Ice on which the boy had been playing. Mary F. M. Skinner, the widow of Francis C. Skinner, aged S2 years, of Salineville, was awarded a silver modal and a- pension of $40 a' month and $5 a month additional for each of her, six children. . ,Skinner, with several other men, went into a mine in which an explosion had Just occurred, in the attempt to rescue Wesley J. Wright, agsd 48,. and John W. Rowe, aged 3.6. He was killed by a falling timber. Rowe was killed by the explosion and Wright died shortly after of his injuries. Among the other awards are the following: . Raymond A.' May, aged 23, railroad fireman of Cloverport, Ky., given a bronze medal for . saving the life of James L. Douglas (colored), aged 2 years, of Owensboro, Ky., on Sept. 8, 1908. The child was on the railroad tracks and would have been killed had not May made his way to the pilot beam and caught the baby when the train reached him. Schoolboy Gets Modal. George H. Cole, aged 17, a schoolboy, of Yazoo City, Miss., awarded a bronze medal and $2000 for' educational pur poses. Cole saved Churchill Lj Roberta, aged 17, , from drowning on ' May 30, 1906. The boys were swimming when Roberts was seized with a cramp. James A. Forsythe, aged 49 years, of Atlanta, Ga., received a bronze medal and $1500 with which to liquidate a mortgage on his property. Forsythe on Feb. 10, 1907, pulled John C. Reed, aged 71 years, from the railroad tracks Just as the train reached the spot. For rescuing Carl v. Chalk, ged 18, and his father, Walter V. Ci.alk, aged 38, from drowning on July 4, 1907, James H. Archioald, aged 34, of Gates, Tenn., was awarded a bronze medal and $1000 to be applied toward the purchase of a farm. The younger Chalk had become exhausted while swimming and hampered his father so much when the latter tried to save him that both men would have drowned but for Archibald's assistance. A silver medal and $25 a month for life was awarded Helen L. Stappen-beck of San Antonio, Texas, widow of Charles Stappenbeck, who lost his life at San Antonio aa the result of trying to stop a runaway horse to save the life of Frank Pizlttl, 6 years old. A silver medal and $50 a month with $5 for each dependent child under 16, was awarded to Rosa N. Omner of New Orleans, La., widow of Frank Omner, who lost his. life rescuing John Bevin (colored) who was overcome by sewer gas Oct. '22, 1907, In a city sewer. A silver medal and jiooo was award ed to James B. Goldman of Cambridge, S. C who risked his life to save War ren Finley, a negro section hand, from being run over by a train near Waterloo, June 29. 1907. Flnley's legs were cut off, but his life was saved. - The cash awards made by the com mission since its organization In May, 1905, including these made today. amount to $163,452.26, and the pension allowances $16,440 annually. All the officers of. the commission were, re-eleoted at the meeting. CHOW ABOUT YOUR DISPOSITION ? Ever get up in the morning feeling' well and then, on account of a poor breakfast, leave the house with a grouch ? It's the Cook. . GET A GOOD ONE. Phone Yoiir Want . Ad CITIZEN 11161 OR , JittJwL MAUN BiSUU 01 RECEIVE CARNEGIE AI HIT RECEIVER Hill OUSTED Note and Bondholders of C, H. & D. Charge Favoritism to Morgan Interests. BREACH PROBABLE Right of Governor to Serve as Receiver Also Is Questioned by Creditors. NEW YORK, Jan. 20. The open breach between the Morgan Interests and the note and bondholders of the Clninnati, Hamilton and Dayton rail road Is promised as a result of the news which reached the security hold ers' protective committees today that United States Judge Lurton at Cln clnnatl had entered an order eontlnu lng Governor Harmon as receiver of the road until May 1, although it was recently agreed between the Morgan Interests and the note and bondholders that Joint receivers were to be ap pointed to take the place of the gov ernor. v Governor Harmon's law partner, Ed ward Colston, had been agreed on as the representative of the Morgan stockholding interests, - and Myron T. Herrlck of Cleveland was suggested by the security holders as their represen tative. It was understood that the court had agreed to those two men as Joint receivers, and the committer of security holders was awaiting today the news of the new receivers having qualified as such, when, Instead, came the announcement that Judge Lurton had entered an order continuing Gov ernor Harmon as sole receiver. . No sooner did this Information reach New York than the note hold ers' protective committee, of which J, N. Wallace, president of the Central Trust company, is chairman, was called Into session. The meeting lasted from 2 until 6 this afternoon, and when it was over it became known that the committee had asked a hearing on the order entered by Judge Lurton and that before"-the committeemen hatixrls persed they had got word back from Cincinnati by wire that judge Lurton had consented to grant the note and bondholders a hearing in the rriatter on the first Monday in February.' In the interval counsel for the commit tee, it was made known, will prepare to contest at overy point the continuance of Governor Harmon as re ceiver. Security . Holders Suspicious. The event which immediately led up to the order entered by Judge Lurton is understood here to have been the decision of Mr. Colston, the governor's law partner, not to serve as Joint re ceiver. The security holders were In clined to read Into this refusal of Mr. Colston an effort on the part of the Morgan interest to thwart the plan of the security holders to have control of the road pass partially to a receiver named at their suggestion. One of the most prominent of the note holders who was in touch with what was decided on at the meeting of the committee said that every ef fort would be made to have Governor Harmon's term as receiver brought to an end and a nominee of the note and bondholders made either sole or Joint receiver or the road. The noteholders are disposed to regard Governor Har mon's past management of the property as having been more calculated to conserve the Interests of the stock holders than to provide for as speedy as possible a settlement of the claims against the road. The receivership has now.lasted three years and it Is time. the. noteholders feel, that their claim should bemet or else that thev should have control of the property turned over 10 tnem. . Harmon's Right Questioned. ; The right of Governor Harmon to serve as the chief executive of Ohio and at the same time to act as federal receiver of a railroad ; in Ohio will probably be questioned by the security holders When the matter comes up for Hearing in r eoruary. There are likely also to be brought forward facts' regarding' the manner in which the affairs of the road have been administered during the last tnree years, which the noteholders re gard as calculated to demonstrate that the Morgan Interest - as the chief stockholders has had more influence in the decisions of the receiver . In various matters upon which he had to pass than was consistent with tho fact that the Interest of the Morgan syndicate in the road, instead of being paramount, was subordinate to the rights or the note and bondholders who are creditors of the road. The purpose of the Morgan interests In the matter Is presumably to save as much as possible of the $12,000,000 or thereabouts which they paid for the stock of the road. While they were working out their own interest In a way pot regarded as inconsistent With the interests of the note and bond holders the latter were disposed to let the Morgan interests have their way. A point has been reached, however. the noteholders ' claim, at which it has become necessary for them and the bondholders to insist upon having a voice In the management of the road. WITHDRAWS HIS RESIGNATION. Harmon Will Continue on Request, of ' . Judge Lurton. Br Associated Prvsa to State Journal. 1 CINCINNATI, Jan. 20. Judson Har mon, whose resignation .as receiver of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad was presented before his Inauguration as governor of Ohio, has withdrawn tho resignation at the ur gent request of United States Circuit Judge Lurton, and" will retain control of the road until May 1, unless the receivership is lifted prior to that date. , The court says that It by that time the receivership cannot be lifted, he will appoint another to succeed Governor Harmon. This means that Edward Colston and former Governor Myron . T. Herrlck, proposed at co-receivers, will not be named. In fact. Judge Lurton states explicitly that he - Continued Seventh Pass. GAME WARDENS RESISTED General Speaks Heads Armed Deputies in Fighting. A siate of outlawry and bitter war fare between game wardens and poach ers exists at the Mercer county reser- I voir, according to a dispatch from Bellfontalne. General John C. Speaks, cnier game warden. Is directing the fight In person. He has charge of armed deputies who are patrolling the banks of the artificial lake. Many shots have been exchanged at night and serloi s trouble Is feared from the fact that the state authorities have confiscated hundreds of nets. Peter Rudolph, an alleged leader of tne poachers, has been arrested and is in Jail at St. Marys. Attorney A. J. Miller lepresents the state fish and game commission at the scene of tho trouble. JEROME TAKES UP L LIBEL SUIT Will Lay the Case Before Spe-' cial Grand Jury in New York City.V Root and Knox ,May Appear Before the Jury in Washington. tBy Associated Prem to 8tat Journal. . NEW YORK, Jan. 20. Speculation as to what action the district attorney of the county of New York has decided to take in connection with, the libel proceedings instituted by the federal authorities against the New ork World, was in no way lessened today by the admission by that official that he had decided to present the matter to a special grand Jury. Attorney Jerome was in conference today with Supreme Court Justice Dowiing, at whose order the special grand Jury was empaneled, but neither . would throw any light on the nature of the action contemplated. The most per slstent rumor was to the effect that the presence before the . special grand Jury of Charles P. Taft, brother of the president-elect, was desired by Mr. Jerome, and hat s aoqn. as- ! tes timony-had been heard by that body developments of a startling nature might be expected. : May Invoke An Old Law. , Among lawyers, who have given particular attention, to United States law, there is a growing belief that prosecution of the individuals respon sible for the publication . of the al leged libelous matter complained of oy tne recieral authorities is to be based upon an ancient section of the federal statutes, which empowers the rederal authorities to proceed in crtm lnal prosecutions under state laws where the alleged overt act lias been committed on land ceded by the state to the United States for use as a fed eral reservation. In this Instance It Is understood the act charged . will be the mailing of copies or Tne world containing the alleged libel to a government reservation, sucn as Governor's Island or West Point. The summoning of two of The World's mailing room clerks before the federal grand jury yesterday would seem to lend color to this view of the situation. The action which it Is believed will be invoked is Section 6391 of the United States revised statutes, enacted March 3, 1825. Witnesses Before Grand Jury. ' The bringing of the county authorities into the case did. not cause any interruption in the examination of witnesses before the federal grand iurv. William J. Dempsey, foreman of the mailing room of The World, was the first of The World men subpenaed to De examined by united States District Attorney Henry L. Stlmson. Immediately upon the conclusion of Dempsey's examination, the character and scope of which was not revealed, William Corcoran and William Gull, two other worm mailing room employes, were taken before the Jury. Pending the decision of Judge Ward on the validity of the subpenaes srved upon J. Angus Shaw, secretary of the Press Publishing company, which company publishes The World, and William P. McLoughlin, sporting editor of the paper, the examination of both of these witnesses was deferred. MAY 8UMMON ROOT AND KNOX. Cromwell Also May Go Before Grand Jury in Washington, By Associated Prau to State Journal. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Secretary of State EUhu Root and Senator Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania, the secretary of state-to-be, may be asked to appear : before the federal grand Jury now investigating In the District of Columbia the alleged Panama libel case, involving the New York World and the Indianapolis News. Secretary Root was secretary of war and Senator Knox was attorney general at the time of the purchase, and conducted the negotiations for the property in behalf of the United States government. Their knowledge- of the history of the purchase, It Is believed, will lead the Jury to ask them to appear and testify to certain facts in connection with the transaction. William Nelson Cromwell also probably will be subpenaed. He represented the French Panama Canal company in the deal. ' The next sitting of the grand Jury will be on Friday, but It will not complete Its Investigation . with Friday's hearings. Attorney General Bonaparte declared tonight that the statement which . he will tissue concerning the case -will not be ready before Friday night, and probably not until later. ' Arkansas Honors Lincoln. . LITTLE ROCK, Ark , Jan. 20. Gov, ernor Donaghey today issued a proclamation, setting aside Feb. 12 as a semi-holiday, it being the one hundredth anniversary of - the . birth of Abraham Lincoln, In the proclamation the governor calls attention to the Rreatnesa of Lincoln as a man. savlno- he should be more honored by the' HOUth. " .:" ' . DR. HAMILTON AND MRS. BROWN HluTBE-mrBOED TODAY' : I III f 'III ; P -f -r-1 :jri L V - j i 11 U;' ,,,. ;)jf5)oK " low HOUSE AT BRYDENr PL. ZfiZ&lW V 1 At 3 o'clock this afternoon, Mrs. Elizabeth Loving Brown and Dr. Charlo S. Hamilton will bo very quietly married in Trinity Episcopal church, in the presonco only of tho members of their families. Rev. Theodora Irving Rseso will officiate. They will make thoir homo at 142 Bryden place. Day of Festivities in Ohio Man's , Honor Closes With an Imposing Banquet. Tells Crowds of" His Happy Ex- , periences in Georgia City. ; C South fop Operfc Door. tBy Awofltted Frn to Statfl Journal. AUGUSTA, Ga., Jan. O.--Rlchmond county,, Ga., modestly stepped under the spotlight today and proclaimed William H. Taft as her own that he was a resident of Augusta when the presidential electors ,In the various states declared him to be presidentelect; that as such he was a Georgian by birth and had lived where he was born all of his presidential life. Thousands of Augustans clinched this claim with a mighty shout of approval, which was echoed again and again as Major J. C. C. Black, said many other complimentary things about Mr. Taft In presenting him to the mass meeting which had assembled around the same stand from which President Mc-Kinley spoke more than 10 years ago. The streets, the windows and the adjacent roofs were full of people, and when the distinguished ' visitor told how be liked Augusta and pledged himself to come again, all hearts were as cheery and faces as radiant as the warm afternoon sun and mellow Southern air. . " But the big street meeting, preceded as it was by a concert by the , Fourteenth Artillery band from Fort Scriv-en, was by no means the extent Of the Taft Augusta day festlvijiles. There was a banquet tonight at The Terrace, the big hotel Just across the Savannah river, where were brought together the distinguished men of Georgia and South Carolina, and again was the solidity of the .South'a hospitality demonstrated, beyond question. K'; Has Found Health and Happiness. After midnight, when it was all over, Aususta had shown to- Mr. Taft an appreciation of his presence,, an understanding of his position, and admiration for his personality; and to the South and to the country the little city had modestly made her bow as a grace ful entertainer of the great. What the president-elect thought of it all Is best told In his words to the people whom he adlressed as "My fellow citizens of . Augusta." It' was his delight that the combination of fate, good sense and judgment had brought him to live for six weeks In Augusta. He had come in search of health and happiness; he had found both; he should take both away with him, and leave Augusta no poorer thereby. It waB here for the first time In a full year he had had tlie pleasure of a complete family gathering. The weather had been such that he had not, he said, missed a single secular day from the golf links; but he had come here also to make, his cabinet, the dlffl-" cultles of which only those of his hearers- knew who had ever had cab inets to make. , "But." he added, as the sum total of Information In this direction, "we will get along some way with reference to that cabinet." There were other things he had in tended to do In preparation for the presidency which he had not done. "But it Is the first time that that kind of a duty has been thrust upon mt and I have been Just waiting In this healthy atmosphere to get good and ready, he .said. - - Barbecued and Fished. ' "I have had the. pleasure of meet ing your farmers and your capitalists, your ministers and your laymen, your lawyers and your clients and I like them all. I have been barbecued, I have fiBhed I didn't catch any I have automobiled, I have ridden, -I .,. have nlnvad aolf. I have met your beautiful daughters and I have enjoyed the wit and humor and . genius tof ' your bright men, and I rejoice again that fate and good judgment brought me to Augusta." .- i A tribute waa paid to th Wmory of McKinley; encouraging words were Continued on Second Pas. AUGUSTA ;cuims mWY TfiFT AS HER OWN 1J wnuu RtniY riirnh. ropms . PATIENT SFTS HFliRI HTHF S JFRF Who i'L'"' : " V.y-H)-,: ..... . . i v . v -y ''"'....' -j- -, .-..-.-- . f Resident of Columbus State Hos-pital Expected to Recover from Bad Burns About Body. Procuring matches In some manner, Miss Elizabeth Fink, aged 38. of Springfield, set fire to the bedclothes in which she was sleeping at the Columbus State hospital early this morning and before attendants could extinguish the Are, was badly burned about the back and arms. Dr. George Stockton, superintendent of the hos pital, said he did not think the burns would prove fatal. The cries of Miss Fink when the bedclothlng blazed about her aroused other residents of the hospital, who In turn aroused an attendant, two doors away. Two of the attendants promptly put out the fire. Medical attention at once was given the woman, who entered the hospital six years ago. WANTS JUROR REMOVED State Claims One Has Expressed Opinion in Night Rider Case. ' tBy Associated Press to State Journal. UNION CITY, Tenn., Jan. 20. That one of the members of, the jury selected to hear the case of Ed Mars-dale, alleged night rider of Reelfoot Lake, charged with participation in the putting to death of Captain Quen-tin Ranken, has already , formed and expressed an opinion and is therefore Incompetent to act as a juror, will be alleged In an affidavit to be filed by the state's attorneys tomorrow. ,. Evidence in support of the statement will be presented. . , " The two men needed to complete the required 12 jurors were selected early today. .- j;' - .-' Attorney General Caldwell was unable to attend court today. He Is suffering from an attack of heart disease, and while his physicians consider his condition such as may become critical at any time,; it is believed that he will have sufficiently -recovered from the present attack to take up the case tomorrow morning. , BURTON BOOSTS CASSIDY Avows Advocacy of Secretary as His Successor." tStwe-lal Telegram to State Joufnai J ' CLEVELAND, . Jan. ' 20. Senator-elect Theodore E. Burton today openly avowed his advocacy of , the selection of James H. Cassldy, formerly his private secretary and until three weeks ago secretary of the rivers and harbors committee of the national house for the Twenty-first district seat vacated by Burton's elevation. . ... Burton said he was not sure . he would issue a statement bearlnc on thA congressional fight here,, but added: "I Deueve Mr. uassidy's experience on the committee makes him a more valu able man for the place than any otht-r The - interests of Cleveland and the country at large seem to mo to require his election." ' Pringle's Name Withdrawn. . WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Following .' conference today. President Roosevelt announced he had withdrawn the nomination of J. D. Pr ingle as appraiser of the port of Pittsburg, "pending an investigation." A White House statement announcing this action says: "Allegations have been made to the president ( that Mr. J, D. - Pringle's name ana the personal character of his appointment ard being used as giving weight to the part Mr. Prlngle was taking In a local contest. Into which, of course,' the president would not be drawn." ; . 4 . ,- Dispensation Asked for Nurse Who Ran Away to Wed. ' tSpeclal Telegram to State Journal! CINCINNATI: Jan. 20. Pone Pius 'iff 6dasked bj?" 'AvcfibiishpivvSfo(Ilier'': to grant a special dispensation for Sister Adella of the St, Francis Hospital corps, who, in the disguise of a cook's garb eloped last August with Jacob Waller, a patient, who fell in love with the sweet faced nurse during his illness, the fact of the elopement Just leaking out. Waller left his bed one morning on the plea of illness and Sister Adella did not go to early mass in the chapel. Instead she went into the kitchen of the hospital and exchanged her uniform for the street clothing of one of the cooks. They were married by a justice In the Duckworth club rooms. FOUR WORKMEN KILLED iNnPonmi Of the 14 Workmen in the Building Not One Escapes Death or Injury. By Associated Press to State Journal. NEWARK, N. J., Jan, 20. Four men were killed and 10 others Injured, one fatally, today when several tons of dynamite In one of the buildings of the Forcite Powder works at Lake Hopatcong blew up. The detonation of the huge mass Of explosives shook the country for miles around and blew the building containing it to atoms. Of the 14 men working in it not one escaped death or injury. ; The Dead: LOUIS BARTH, aged 50, of Ledger-wood. . THOMAS HENDERSON, aged 30, Netcong. JOSEPH SESTAK, aged 23, Hopatcong Landing. ; ' STEPHEN GLADDES, aged 28, Net cong. .. The explosion occurred In a one-story frame building, where sticks of dynamite were stored. It is presumed that one of the sticks of dynamite piled in the structure was jarred from its resting place and exploded. The Forcite Powder works belonar to the Dupont Powder company and man ufacture blasting dynamite. COURTS BY TELEGRAPH Duke of the Abruzzi Meets Elkins Representative in Paris. TURIN, ..Jan- 20, The Gazsetta Di Torine aeserts that the Duke of the Abruzzl continues to correspond by telegraph with Miss Elkins, sending dispatches from telegraph offices abroad In order to avoid the -eyes .of the public. PARIS, Jan. 20. The Duke of the Abruzzl, traveling under an assumed name, and accompanied by a -friend. believed to be George P. Herrlck, an American, passed through here this evening on his way to Turin. The duke eluded interviewers, but It Is re ported that he met a representative of the Elkins family here, although there Is no confirmation of this. , ROME, Jan. 20. The court and ministry of marine deny the report that the Duke of the Abruzzl had decided to denounce all rank and honors In order to marry Miss Elkins. The duke Is preparing for an expedition to the Himalayas. In connection with this trip, the duke made arrangements with the British government during his recent visit to London and succeeded In eliminating ditllcultles, which ..would have rendered the enterprise more troublesome. - i PPIPP n MBt ( GrrmtT OlmnSna. rrs-iv.c Two mtm mt all athar point. S3 KILLED IN Explosion Occurs in Crib Off Chicago and . Many Men, With Clothing Afire, Plunge' Into Water RESCUE SLOW AND DIFFICULT Thousands Line Shore as Boats With Dead and Injured Come In Pathetic Scenes Are Enacted, fBy Associated Pr to State Journal CHICAGO, Jan. 20. Fifty-three men are known to be dead and a number of : others are missing as the ' re- . suit of a fire , which had its origin today In , a , powder vault at tached to the Intermediate crib one i and one-half miles : out, used In the construction of the new water tunnel conecting with the South Side atSeventy-third street. It Is known that 95 workmen were employed in the Vrib and the connecting tunnel at the time v of the fire, but the work of the destroying ek-ments was begun so unex-lipc cod 1 y nd reaped j ts harert oi' dead " and Injured with such swiftness that the , contracting firing the George V. Jackson company, and the rescuers have been unable to arrive at anything like an accurate list of those who perished and others who escaped the fury of the flames or the Icy waters of the lake into which they leaped' to escape the fire. The hospitals at South Chicago and all parts of the South Side are filled with injured and city lire boats as well as the tugs of the construction ' company are doing their best to maktt. frequent trips to the scene of the dis- aster through the heavy lee floes. Owing to the difficulty of the snall craft to reach the crib during the win--ter, the majority of the workmen employed on the work, and particularly those who were without families, slept in temporary structures, and it was Just as these had been awakened for the day's routine that the explosion took, place. - 1 Explosion Occurs in Powder House. 11 As nearly as the Investigators hav been able, to ascertain, the explosion had its "origin in a powder house of smajl dimensions, situated about 100 yards from the crib structure proper, but at the same time being a part of the general, structure built on foundations resting on the bottom of the : lake at this point. In this outhouse the George W. Jackson company stored-from time to time just enough powder and dynamite for urgent use In the work of constructing the water tunnel, and in some manner, little short of mysterious, the deadly explosives were put into action. i- The dull detonation, muffled aa it was by the crunching of floating tee ; , against the crib and the atmosphere ' laden with heavy fog. simply aroused the attention of the workmen, according to survivors, and It was not until the heat of the flames and the stifling smoke penetrated! the so-called "living room" of the crib and the tunnel be neath the waters of the lake, that the full Import o the disaster dawned upon the little colony of workmen, cut-off almost completely from human succor. , ,'. 7; ". One of the workmen, with a cooler ;i head than his fellows, abandoned tha shouting ahd frantic group on the crib . platform and made his way through the smoke to, the little enclosure in :: which telephone' communication had been established With the shore station. The drowsy attendant at this point waa brought Into action by the violent ringing of the bell, and this was tho message which set on foot the work of rescue. ,-. v : Vwv . "The crib is on fire; for God's sake send help at once or we will be burned alive! The tug" - Plunge Into Lake to 'Eaoape Flames. At this point communication ceased and through the fog the men on shore barely discerned occasional bursts of flame and an unmistakable odor of smoke made it known to the watchers on shore that a tragedy was probably fi being enacted a mile and a half out In the lake. , Tlie tug T. T. Morford.l In charge of Captain Johnson, ha forced its prow earlier In the morniiy to an anchorage within a short di' tance of the Imperiled crib and tfc., was placed .in service at the outset in""." the work of rescuing the frenzied workmen. The Ice made it impossible for the tug to reach the Improvised pier, but a small boat w placed in service -to carry the ; Injured to the . steamer and rescue those who had plunged Into the waters of the lake rather than faoe the flames, which were raging on tha crib structure. After several hours of work on the part of the rescuers In which heroltrn stood forth even In the heavy fog and drifting smoke. S9 workmen were re. cued and when tho fire tug Conway and its crew had succeeded In uueiwh. 1 i ' s ! 1 1 .5; 5 Ji

mt- WEATHER Partly cloudy Thursday and Friday, with possibly showers in north portion ; warmer Thursday. THE OHIO STATE JOURNAL is a profitable medium for the Columbus merchant. Get your name in the columns and keep it there . . . . np HERE IS NO BETTER,, stronger and more convincing medium for advertising than The Ohio State Journal i it NINETY-NINTH YEAR. No. 21. COLUMBUS. OHIO. THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21, 1909. PHOBIHG TO I OF Cincinnati and Hamilton C jty in for Vigorous Legislative Investigation. QUIT NEXT MARCH Assembly to Recess Tomorrow Until Feb. 15 and Adjourn '" Following Month. Cincinnati and Hamilton county af- . fairs are In for a probing that will be a probing In fact. Yesterday Senator Clevinger offered a resolution provid-lns for the appointment of commit- . tee of six, threte on the part of the senate and three from the house, to Investigate the charges of official Irregularities in . Hamilton county. -Today the Democrats will offer. resolutions, providing for two probing oommlttees, one for Cincinnati, another for Cleveland. Each will be bipartisan,' of four members each, two from the senate arid two from the house. They will urge that tbelr resolutions be given precedence over the . Clevinger resolution for the reason mat xney win come mure m auwiw with the demands of Governor Harmon. Probably the ultimate result will be that Cincinnati will be probed under the Clevinger resolution and Cleveland under the proposed Yount resolution." - The Democrats already are charging that the Clevinger resolution Is merely the preliminary step In a proposed whitewash, which charge Is scarcely supported by the probability that the Republican members from the senate will be Senators Clevinger and Tod, both so far outspoken opponents of the Cox desires. It does not seem to be determined who the Democratic member will. be. No line Is obtainable as jpt upon the probable house members, yr Republicans in Majority. , Cox sympathizers, on "the other hand, claim to see in the resolution, drawn ostensibly by Senator Mathews of Cuyahoga, the- fine Italian hand of Senator Burton, who. they assert, dei sires to put Cox out of business as a factor in state ...politics. However, ire tther- Cuyahoga - tehator win- serve on the committee. - t. Immediately the Clevinger resolution had been offered Senators Huffman and Yount, Democrats, conferred with Governor Harmon. Later it was announced that today Huffman would offer a resolution providing for a probing of Cincinnati, while Yount would offer another, providing a probe for Cleveland. Both will carry appropriations for the expenses of the work. The Clevinger resolution makes no stipulation of the political complexion' of the probing committee. But as the members are to be appointed by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house, both Republicans, and as Senator Mathews has declared that the Republican, house cleaning should be done by Republicans, It Is altogether probable that there will be two Republicans named from each body with one Democrat from each, if the resolution is 'adopted, which is vir-tMliy assured. , (LtJlie resolution recites briefly the unsatisfactory ending -of former probing committees, both of which were declared Illegal by the supreme , court, and declares ' that many Important facts tending to bear out the charges of official irregularities had been developed. - To Make' Inquiry Thorough.' . These charges, alleging a condition of corruption, abuse, mismanagement and fraud In the affairs of Hamilton county and Cincinnati, have been made persistently throughout the state, the resolution declares. If has been charged, further that 'the control of the official machinery has been turned into the hands of Certain political leaders to such an extent that franchise, contracts and other valuable privileges must be negotiated for through them rather than with the regularly and lawfully constituted officers. Therefore it Is deemed' expedient to appoint a committee of six "with full power to conduct such an investiira. : tiott of the facts relating to the mat ter herein referred to as they are per-. mitted to conduct under the constltu-' tion and laws of the state and with full power to prosecute its Inquiry in respect to all matters germane to the general subject of this investigation.'' The committee Is empowered to hold meetings anywhere' in the state, but authorized to exercise no Judicial powers except those conferred by law, and only such powers as are appropriately .jMissessed by a committee of the gen-iLfW assembly. It may engage attorneys, Btenograpners, etc., and shall report at this session of the legislature, . which means, of course,. the session of next year, this being an extraordinary session.. No appropriation is carried , by the resolution, but in the general appropriation bill provision will be muda for its expenses. To Probe Stats Departments. The expected ' Mendelson resolution, providing for a committee to Invest!-:,. gate the state departments, did not materialize. ' By agreement this investigation was handed over to the governor under the provisions of the Woods blll, Introduced in the house yesterday, carrying an appropriation of $26,000 and authorizing the governor to make whatever, .sort of- in- vestlgatlon he may choose, with the 'one stipulation that it must be public. He Is given authority to Bubpena witnesses, employ counsel, etc. - Supplementing -this, Representative Ervin also offered the bill, introduced last session at the instance of Governor. Harris, providing , for. the appointment of ft bi-partisan board of two members to make state department, Investigations, the members to draw $500 a month each..- ' . . . t. . , V', Senator Mathews, reputed author of thjBVresolutlon, said yesterday -, that e'fjO" precaution had been taken, to tAcifjr the resolution against success- ful attack In the courts. Senator Huffman, Democratic ' leader, -.- Insisted, however, that the resolution was open to the : same . attacks Its predecessors had been subjected to, and was Just as vulnerable.. i , Senator Mathews , was asked If the phrase, "with full power to conduct - such examination and Investigation of the facts relating to the matter herein referred to as they are permitted to Continued on Third Pago. RIGHT SORT LIBELLED CENT'S WORTH Alabar" Governor Gets One S .Cent Verdict. ' ! 'f uroclated Frees to State JourMl.t -UilNGHAM. Ala., Jan. 20. After -rial lasting exactly one week, the iry In. the case of Governor B. B. Comer against the Montgomery Adver tiser this afternoon awarded damages of 1 cent for the libel. The governor demanded $25,000 damages for an advertisement printed In 1904, when he was a candidate for railroad commissioner.The advertisement was an affidavit made by E. A. Dlkert. in which It was stated -that Mr. Comer had offered to pay him personally for work done at his mills by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company. Judge C. A. Senn charged the Jury for the plaintiff and told the:. that whether false"' or true, the implication of the (affidavit was libelous per se. s Two Are in List of Those Acted on Favorably by the Hero Fund Commission. Twenty-Six Medals and Consider- i - - able Cash Given for Deeds of Valor. IBy Amottiated Preas to fat Journal. PITTSBURG, Jan. 20. The Carnegie hero fund commission, ' at its annual meeting here today, awarded 26 medals, $1-4.750 In cash and pensions aggregating $565 per month for deeda of valor Investigated since the last meeting of the commission, last October. , ' Two Ohloans were among thewinners.- They were:- " . ., x John Bosko, Jr., aged 12, of Marble-head, awarded a bronze medal and $2000 for educational purposes. Bosko, on March 16, 1907, saved Michael Ri-dllla, aged 7," from being carried out into Lake Erie on a cake of Ice on which the boy had been playing. Mary F. M. Skinner, the widow of Francis C. Skinner, aged S2 years, of Salineville, was awarded a silver modal and a- pension of $40 a' month and $5 a month additional for each of her, six children. . ,Skinner, with several other men, went into a mine in which an explosion had Just occurred, in the attempt to rescue Wesley J. Wright, agsd 48,. and John W. Rowe, aged 3.6. He was killed by a falling timber. Rowe was killed by the explosion and Wright died shortly after of his injuries. Among the other awards are the following: . Raymond A.' May, aged 23, railroad fireman of Cloverport, Ky., given a bronze medal for . saving the life of James L. Douglas (colored), aged 2 years, of Owensboro, Ky., on Sept. 8, 1908. The child was on the railroad tracks and would have been killed had not May made his way to the pilot beam and caught the baby when the train reached him. Schoolboy Gets Modal. George H. Cole, aged 17, a schoolboy, of Yazoo City, Miss., awarded a bronze medal and $2000 for' educational pur poses. Cole saved Churchill Lj Roberta, aged 17, , from drowning on ' May 30, 1906. The boys were swimming when Roberts was seized with a cramp. James A. Forsythe, aged 49 years, of Atlanta, Ga., received a bronze medal and $1500 with which to liquidate a mortgage on his property. Forsythe on Feb. 10, 1907, pulled John C. Reed, aged 71 years, from the railroad tracks Just as the train reached the spot. For rescuing Carl v. Chalk, ged 18, and his father, Walter V. Ci.alk, aged 38, from drowning on July 4, 1907, James H. Archioald, aged 34, of Gates, Tenn., was awarded a bronze medal and $1000 to be applied toward the purchase of a farm. The younger Chalk had become exhausted while swimming and hampered his father so much when the latter tried to save him that both men would have drowned but for Archibald's assistance. A silver medal and $25 a month for life was awarded Helen L. Stappen-beck of San Antonio, Texas, widow of Charles Stappenbeck, who lost his life at San Antonio aa the result of trying to stop a runaway horse to save the life of Frank Pizlttl, 6 years old. A silver medal and $50 a month with $5 for each dependent child under 16, was awarded to Rosa N. Omner of New Orleans, La., widow of Frank Omner, who lost his. life rescuing John Bevin (colored) who was overcome by sewer gas Oct. '22, 1907, In a city sewer. A silver medal and jiooo was award ed to James B. Goldman of Cambridge, S. C who risked his life to save War ren Finley, a negro section hand, from being run over by a train near Waterloo, June 29. 1907. Flnley's legs were cut off, but his life was saved. - The cash awards made by the com mission since its organization In May, 1905, including these made today. amount to $163,452.26, and the pension allowances $16,440 annually. All the officers of. the commission were, re-eleoted at the meeting. CHOW ABOUT YOUR DISPOSITION ? Ever get up in the morning feeling' well and then, on account of a poor breakfast, leave the house with a grouch ? It's the Cook. . GET A GOOD ONE. Phone Yoiir Want . Ad CITIZEN 11161 OR , JittJwL MAUN BiSUU 01 RECEIVE CARNEGIE AI HIT RECEIVER Hill OUSTED Note and Bondholders of C, H. & D. Charge Favoritism to Morgan Interests. BREACH PROBABLE Right of Governor to Serve as Receiver Also Is Questioned by Creditors. NEW YORK, Jan. 20. The open breach between the Morgan Interests and the note and bondholders of the Clninnati, Hamilton and Dayton rail road Is promised as a result of the news which reached the security hold ers' protective committees today that United States Judge Lurton at Cln clnnatl had entered an order eontlnu lng Governor Harmon as receiver of the road until May 1, although it was recently agreed between the Morgan Interests and the note and bondholders that Joint receivers were to be ap pointed to take the place of the gov ernor. v Governor Harmon's law partner, Ed ward Colston, had been agreed on as the representative of the Morgan stockholding interests, - and Myron T. Herrlck of Cleveland was suggested by the security holders as their represen tative. It was understood that the court had agreed to those two men as Joint receivers, and the committer of security holders was awaiting today the news of the new receivers having qualified as such, when, Instead, came the announcement that Judge Lurton had entered an order continuing Gov ernor Harmon as sole receiver. . No sooner did this Information reach New York than the note hold ers' protective committee, of which J, N. Wallace, president of the Central Trust company, is chairman, was called Into session. The meeting lasted from 2 until 6 this afternoon, and when it was over it became known that the committee had asked a hearing on the order entered by Judge Lurton and that before"-the committeemen hatixrls persed they had got word back from Cincinnati by wire that judge Lurton had consented to grant the note and bondholders a hearing in the rriatter on the first Monday in February.' In the interval counsel for the commit tee, it was made known, will prepare to contest at overy point the continuance of Governor Harmon as re ceiver. Security . Holders Suspicious. The event which immediately led up to the order entered by Judge Lurton is understood here to have been the decision of Mr. Colston, the governor's law partner, not to serve as Joint re ceiver. The security holders were In clined to read Into this refusal of Mr. Colston an effort on the part of the Morgan interest to thwart the plan of the security holders to have control of the road pass partially to a receiver named at their suggestion. One of the most prominent of the note holders who was in touch with what was decided on at the meeting of the committee said that every ef fort would be made to have Governor Harmon's term as receiver brought to an end and a nominee of the note and bondholders made either sole or Joint receiver or the road. The noteholders are disposed to regard Governor Har mon's past management of the property as having been more calculated to conserve the Interests of the stock holders than to provide for as speedy as possible a settlement of the claims against the road. The receivership has now.lasted three years and it Is time. the. noteholders feel, that their claim should bemet or else that thev should have control of the property turned over 10 tnem. . Harmon's Right Questioned. ; The right of Governor Harmon to serve as the chief executive of Ohio and at the same time to act as federal receiver of a railroad ; in Ohio will probably be questioned by the security holders When the matter comes up for Hearing in r eoruary. There are likely also to be brought forward facts' regarding' the manner in which the affairs of the road have been administered during the last tnree years, which the noteholders re gard as calculated to demonstrate that the Morgan Interest - as the chief stockholders has had more influence in the decisions of the receiver . In various matters upon which he had to pass than was consistent with tho fact that the Interest of the Morgan syndicate in the road, instead of being paramount, was subordinate to the rights or the note and bondholders who are creditors of the road. The purpose of the Morgan interests In the matter Is presumably to save as much as possible of the $12,000,000 or thereabouts which they paid for the stock of the road. While they were working out their own interest In a way pot regarded as inconsistent With the interests of the note and bond holders the latter were disposed to let the Morgan interests have their way. A point has been reached, however. the noteholders ' claim, at which it has become necessary for them and the bondholders to insist upon having a voice In the management of the road. WITHDRAWS HIS RESIGNATION. Harmon Will Continue on Request, of ' . Judge Lurton. Br Associated Prvsa to State Journal. 1 CINCINNATI, Jan. 20. Judson Har mon, whose resignation .as receiver of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad was presented before his Inauguration as governor of Ohio, has withdrawn tho resignation at the ur gent request of United States Circuit Judge Lurton, and" will retain control of the road until May 1, unless the receivership is lifted prior to that date. , The court says that It by that time the receivership cannot be lifted, he will appoint another to succeed Governor Harmon. This means that Edward Colston and former Governor Myron . T. Herrlck, proposed at co-receivers, will not be named. In fact. Judge Lurton states explicitly that he - Continued Seventh Pass. GAME WARDENS RESISTED General Speaks Heads Armed Deputies in Fighting. A siate of outlawry and bitter war fare between game wardens and poach ers exists at the Mercer county reser- I voir, according to a dispatch from Bellfontalne. General John C. Speaks, cnier game warden. Is directing the fight In person. He has charge of armed deputies who are patrolling the banks of the artificial lake. Many shots have been exchanged at night and serloi s trouble Is feared from the fact that the state authorities have confiscated hundreds of nets. Peter Rudolph, an alleged leader of tne poachers, has been arrested and is in Jail at St. Marys. Attorney A. J. Miller lepresents the state fish and game commission at the scene of tho trouble. JEROME TAKES UP L LIBEL SUIT Will Lay the Case Before Spe-' cial Grand Jury in New York City.V Root and Knox ,May Appear Before the Jury in Washington. tBy Associated Prem to 8tat Journal. . NEW YORK, Jan. 20. Speculation as to what action the district attorney of the county of New York has decided to take in connection with, the libel proceedings instituted by the federal authorities against the New ork World, was in no way lessened today by the admission by that official that he had decided to present the matter to a special grand Jury. Attorney Jerome was in conference today with Supreme Court Justice Dowiing, at whose order the special grand Jury was empaneled, but neither . would throw any light on the nature of the action contemplated. The most per slstent rumor was to the effect that the presence before the . special grand Jury of Charles P. Taft, brother of the president-elect, was desired by Mr. Jerome, and hat s aoqn. as- ! tes timony-had been heard by that body developments of a startling nature might be expected. : May Invoke An Old Law. , Among lawyers, who have given particular attention, to United States law, there is a growing belief that prosecution of the individuals respon sible for the publication . of the al leged libelous matter complained of oy tne recieral authorities is to be based upon an ancient section of the federal statutes, which empowers the rederal authorities to proceed in crtm lnal prosecutions under state laws where the alleged overt act lias been committed on land ceded by the state to the United States for use as a fed eral reservation. In this Instance It Is understood the act charged . will be the mailing of copies or Tne world containing the alleged libel to a government reservation, sucn as Governor's Island or West Point. The summoning of two of The World's mailing room clerks before the federal grand jury yesterday would seem to lend color to this view of the situation. The action which it Is believed will be invoked is Section 6391 of the United States revised statutes, enacted March 3, 1825. Witnesses Before Grand Jury. ' The bringing of the county authorities into the case did. not cause any interruption in the examination of witnesses before the federal grand iurv. William J. Dempsey, foreman of the mailing room of The World, was the first of The World men subpenaed to De examined by united States District Attorney Henry L. Stlmson. Immediately upon the conclusion of Dempsey's examination, the character and scope of which was not revealed, William Corcoran and William Gull, two other worm mailing room employes, were taken before the Jury. Pending the decision of Judge Ward on the validity of the subpenaes srved upon J. Angus Shaw, secretary of the Press Publishing company, which company publishes The World, and William P. McLoughlin, sporting editor of the paper, the examination of both of these witnesses was deferred. MAY 8UMMON ROOT AND KNOX. Cromwell Also May Go Before Grand Jury in Washington, By Associated Prau to State Journal. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Secretary of State EUhu Root and Senator Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania, the secretary of state-to-be, may be asked to appear : before the federal grand Jury now investigating In the District of Columbia the alleged Panama libel case, involving the New York World and the Indianapolis News. Secretary Root was secretary of war and Senator Knox was attorney general at the time of the purchase, and conducted the negotiations for the property in behalf of the United States government. Their knowledge- of the history of the purchase, It Is believed, will lead the Jury to ask them to appear and testify to certain facts in connection with the transaction. William Nelson Cromwell also probably will be subpenaed. He represented the French Panama Canal company in the deal. ' The next sitting of the grand Jury will be on Friday, but It will not complete Its Investigation . with Friday's hearings. Attorney General Bonaparte declared tonight that the statement which . he will tissue concerning the case -will not be ready before Friday night, and probably not until later. ' Arkansas Honors Lincoln. . LITTLE ROCK, Ark , Jan. 20. Gov, ernor Donaghey today issued a proclamation, setting aside Feb. 12 as a semi-holiday, it being the one hundredth anniversary of - the . birth of Abraham Lincoln, In the proclamation the governor calls attention to the Rreatnesa of Lincoln as a man. savlno- he should be more honored by the' HOUth. " .:" ' . DR. HAMILTON AND MRS. BROWN HluTBE-mrBOED TODAY' : I III f 'III ; P -f -r-1 :jri L V - j i 11 U;' ,,,. ;)jf5)oK " low HOUSE AT BRYDENr PL. ZfiZ&lW V 1 At 3 o'clock this afternoon, Mrs. Elizabeth Loving Brown and Dr. Charlo S. Hamilton will bo very quietly married in Trinity Episcopal church, in the presonco only of tho members of their families. Rev. Theodora Irving Rseso will officiate. They will make thoir homo at 142 Bryden place. Day of Festivities in Ohio Man's , Honor Closes With an Imposing Banquet. Tells Crowds of" His Happy Ex- , periences in Georgia City. ; C South fop Operfc Door. tBy Awofltted Frn to Statfl Journal. AUGUSTA, Ga., Jan. O.--Rlchmond county,, Ga., modestly stepped under the spotlight today and proclaimed William H. Taft as her own that he was a resident of Augusta when the presidential electors ,In the various states declared him to be presidentelect; that as such he was a Georgian by birth and had lived where he was born all of his presidential life. Thousands of Augustans clinched this claim with a mighty shout of approval, which was echoed again and again as Major J. C. C. Black, said many other complimentary things about Mr. Taft In presenting him to the mass meeting which had assembled around the same stand from which President Mc-Kinley spoke more than 10 years ago. The streets, the windows and the adjacent roofs were full of people, and when the distinguished ' visitor told how be liked Augusta and pledged himself to come again, all hearts were as cheery and faces as radiant as the warm afternoon sun and mellow Southern air. . " But the big street meeting, preceded as it was by a concert by the , Fourteenth Artillery band from Fort Scriv-en, was by no means the extent Of the Taft Augusta day festlvijiles. There was a banquet tonight at The Terrace, the big hotel Just across the Savannah river, where were brought together the distinguished men of Georgia and South Carolina, and again was the solidity of the .South'a hospitality demonstrated, beyond question. K'; Has Found Health and Happiness. After midnight, when it was all over, Aususta had shown to- Mr. Taft an appreciation of his presence,, an understanding of his position, and admiration for his personality; and to the South and to the country the little city had modestly made her bow as a grace ful entertainer of the great. What the president-elect thought of it all Is best told In his words to the people whom he adlressed as "My fellow citizens of . Augusta." It' was his delight that the combination of fate, good sense and judgment had brought him to live for six weeks In Augusta. He had come in search of health and happiness; he had found both; he should take both away with him, and leave Augusta no poorer thereby. It waB here for the first time In a full year he had had tlie pleasure of a complete family gathering. The weather had been such that he had not, he said, missed a single secular day from the golf links; but he had come here also to make, his cabinet, the dlffl-" cultles of which only those of his hearers- knew who had ever had cab inets to make. , "But." he added, as the sum total of Information In this direction, "we will get along some way with reference to that cabinet." There were other things he had in tended to do In preparation for the presidency which he had not done. "But it Is the first time that that kind of a duty has been thrust upon mt and I have been Just waiting In this healthy atmosphere to get good and ready, he .said. - - Barbecued and Fished. ' "I have had the. pleasure of meet ing your farmers and your capitalists, your ministers and your laymen, your lawyers and your clients and I like them all. I have been barbecued, I have fiBhed I didn't catch any I have automobiled, I have ridden, -I .,. have nlnvad aolf. I have met your beautiful daughters and I have enjoyed the wit and humor and . genius tof ' your bright men, and I rejoice again that fate and good judgment brought me to Augusta." .- i A tribute waa paid to th Wmory of McKinley; encouraging words were Continued on Second Pas. AUGUSTA ;cuims mWY TfiFT AS HER OWN 1J wnuu RtniY riirnh. ropms . PATIENT SFTS HFliRI HTHF S JFRF Who i'L'"' : " V.y-H)-,: ..... . . i v . v -y ''"'....' -j- -, .-..-.-- . f Resident of Columbus State Hos-pital Expected to Recover from Bad Burns About Body. Procuring matches In some manner, Miss Elizabeth Fink, aged 38. of Springfield, set fire to the bedclothes in which she was sleeping at the Columbus State hospital early this morning and before attendants could extinguish the Are, was badly burned about the back and arms. Dr. George Stockton, superintendent of the hos pital, said he did not think the burns would prove fatal. The cries of Miss Fink when the bedclothlng blazed about her aroused other residents of the hospital, who In turn aroused an attendant, two doors away. Two of the attendants promptly put out the fire. Medical attention at once was given the woman, who entered the hospital six years ago. WANTS JUROR REMOVED State Claims One Has Expressed Opinion in Night Rider Case. ' tBy Associated Press to State Journal. UNION CITY, Tenn., Jan. 20. That one of the members of, the jury selected to hear the case of Ed Mars-dale, alleged night rider of Reelfoot Lake, charged with participation in the putting to death of Captain Quen-tin Ranken, has already , formed and expressed an opinion and is therefore Incompetent to act as a juror, will be alleged In an affidavit to be filed by the state's attorneys tomorrow. ,. Evidence in support of the statement will be presented. . , " The two men needed to complete the required 12 jurors were selected early today. .- j;' - .-' Attorney General Caldwell was unable to attend court today. He Is suffering from an attack of heart disease, and while his physicians consider his condition such as may become critical at any time,; it is believed that he will have sufficiently -recovered from the present attack to take up the case tomorrow morning. , BURTON BOOSTS CASSIDY Avows Advocacy of Secretary as His Successor." tStwe-lal Telegram to State Joufnai J ' CLEVELAND, . Jan. ' 20. Senator-elect Theodore E. Burton today openly avowed his advocacy of , the selection of James H. Cassldy, formerly his private secretary and until three weeks ago secretary of the rivers and harbors committee of the national house for the Twenty-first district seat vacated by Burton's elevation. . ... Burton said he was not sure . he would issue a statement bearlnc on thA congressional fight here,, but added: "I Deueve Mr. uassidy's experience on the committee makes him a more valu able man for the place than any otht-r The - interests of Cleveland and the country at large seem to mo to require his election." ' Pringle's Name Withdrawn. . WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Following .' conference today. President Roosevelt announced he had withdrawn the nomination of J. D. Pr ingle as appraiser of the port of Pittsburg, "pending an investigation." A White House statement announcing this action says: "Allegations have been made to the president ( that Mr. J, D. - Pringle's name ana the personal character of his appointment ard being used as giving weight to the part Mr. Prlngle was taking In a local contest. Into which, of course,' the president would not be drawn." ; . 4 . ,- Dispensation Asked for Nurse Who Ran Away to Wed. ' tSpeclal Telegram to State Journal! CINCINNATI: Jan. 20. Pone Pius 'iff 6dasked bj?" 'AvcfibiishpivvSfo(Ilier'': to grant a special dispensation for Sister Adella of the St, Francis Hospital corps, who, in the disguise of a cook's garb eloped last August with Jacob Waller, a patient, who fell in love with the sweet faced nurse during his illness, the fact of the elopement Just leaking out. Waller left his bed one morning on the plea of illness and Sister Adella did not go to early mass in the chapel. Instead she went into the kitchen of the hospital and exchanged her uniform for the street clothing of one of the cooks. They were married by a justice In the Duckworth club rooms. FOUR WORKMEN KILLED iNnPonmi Of the 14 Workmen in the Building Not One Escapes Death or Injury. By Associated Press to State Journal. NEWARK, N. J., Jan, 20. Four men were killed and 10 others Injured, one fatally, today when several tons of dynamite In one of the buildings of the Forcite Powder works at Lake Hopatcong blew up. The detonation of the huge mass Of explosives shook the country for miles around and blew the building containing it to atoms. Of the 14 men working in it not one escaped death or injury. ; The Dead: LOUIS BARTH, aged 50, of Ledger-wood. . THOMAS HENDERSON, aged 30, Netcong. JOSEPH SESTAK, aged 23, Hopatcong Landing. ; ' STEPHEN GLADDES, aged 28, Net cong. .. The explosion occurred In a one-story frame building, where sticks of dynamite were stored. It is presumed that one of the sticks of dynamite piled in the structure was jarred from its resting place and exploded. The Forcite Powder works belonar to the Dupont Powder company and man ufacture blasting dynamite. COURTS BY TELEGRAPH Duke of the Abruzzi Meets Elkins Representative in Paris. TURIN, ..Jan- 20, The Gazsetta Di Torine aeserts that the Duke of the Abruzzl continues to correspond by telegraph with Miss Elkins, sending dispatches from telegraph offices abroad In order to avoid the -eyes .of the public. PARIS, Jan. 20. The Duke of the Abruzzl, traveling under an assumed name, and accompanied by a -friend. believed to be George P. Herrlck, an American, passed through here this evening on his way to Turin. The duke eluded interviewers, but It Is re ported that he met a representative of the Elkins family here, although there Is no confirmation of this. , ROME, Jan. 20. The court and ministry of marine deny the report that the Duke of the Abruzzl had decided to denounce all rank and honors In order to marry Miss Elkins. The duke Is preparing for an expedition to the Himalayas. In connection with this trip, the duke made arrangements with the British government during his recent visit to London and succeeded In eliminating ditllcultles, which ..would have rendered the enterprise more troublesome. - i PPIPP n MBt ( GrrmtT OlmnSna. rrs-iv.c Two mtm mt all athar point. S3 KILLED IN Explosion Occurs in Crib Off Chicago and . Many Men, With Clothing Afire, Plunge' Into Water RESCUE SLOW AND DIFFICULT Thousands Line Shore as Boats With Dead and Injured Come In Pathetic Scenes Are Enacted, fBy Associated Pr to State Journal CHICAGO, Jan. 20. Fifty-three men are known to be dead and a number of : others are missing as the ' re- . suit of a fire , which had its origin today In , a , powder vault at tached to the Intermediate crib one i and one-half miles : out, used In the construction of the new water tunnel conecting with the South Side atSeventy-third street. It Is known that 95 workmen were employed in the Vrib and the connecting tunnel at the time v of the fire, but the work of the destroying ek-ments was begun so unex-lipc cod 1 y nd reaped j ts harert oi' dead " and Injured with such swiftness that the , contracting firing the George V. Jackson company, and the rescuers have been unable to arrive at anything like an accurate list of those who perished and others who escaped the fury of the flames or the Icy waters of the lake into which they leaped' to escape the fire. The hospitals at South Chicago and all parts of the South Side are filled with injured and city lire boats as well as the tugs of the construction ' company are doing their best to maktt. frequent trips to the scene of the dis- aster through the heavy lee floes. Owing to the difficulty of the snall craft to reach the crib during the win--ter, the majority of the workmen employed on the work, and particularly those who were without families, slept in temporary structures, and it was Just as these had been awakened for the day's routine that the explosion took, place. - 1 Explosion Occurs in Powder House. 11 As nearly as the Investigators hav been able, to ascertain, the explosion had its "origin in a powder house of smajl dimensions, situated about 100 yards from the crib structure proper, but at the same time being a part of the general, structure built on foundations resting on the bottom of the : lake at this point. In this outhouse the George W. Jackson company stored-from time to time just enough powder and dynamite for urgent use In the work of constructing the water tunnel, and in some manner, little short of mysterious, the deadly explosives were put into action. i- The dull detonation, muffled aa it was by the crunching of floating tee ; , against the crib and the atmosphere ' laden with heavy fog. simply aroused the attention of the workmen, according to survivors, and It was not until the heat of the flames and the stifling smoke penetrated! the so-called "living room" of the crib and the tunnel be neath the waters of the lake, that the full Import o the disaster dawned upon the little colony of workmen, cut-off almost completely from human succor. , ,'. 7; ". One of the workmen, with a cooler ;i head than his fellows, abandoned tha shouting ahd frantic group on the crib . platform and made his way through the smoke to, the little enclosure in :: which telephone' communication had been established With the shore station. The drowsy attendant at this point waa brought Into action by the violent ringing of the bell, and this was tho message which set on foot the work of rescue. ,-. v : Vwv . "The crib is on fire; for God's sake send help at once or we will be burned alive! The tug" - Plunge Into Lake to 'Eaoape Flames. At this point communication ceased and through the fog the men on shore barely discerned occasional bursts of flame and an unmistakable odor of smoke made it known to the watchers on shore that a tragedy was probably fi being enacted a mile and a half out In the lake. , Tlie tug T. T. Morford.l In charge of Captain Johnson, ha forced its prow earlier In the morniiy to an anchorage within a short di' tance of the Imperiled crib and tfc., was placed .in service at the outset in""." the work of rescuing the frenzied workmen. The Ice made it impossible for the tug to reach the Improvised pier, but a small boat w placed in service -to carry the ; Injured to the . steamer and rescue those who had plunged Into the waters of the lake rather than faoe the flames, which were raging on tha crib structure. After several hours of work on the part of the rescuers In which heroltrn stood forth even In the heavy fog and drifting smoke. S9 workmen were re. cued and when tho fire tug Conway and its crew had succeeded In uueiwh. 1 i ' s ! 1 1 .5; 5 Ji